CITY SANITARY CONTRACT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 29, 3 February 1905, Page 3

CITY SANITARY CONTRACT.

of Ihf^ iO n to ° k plMe at th * feting letter from District Health Officer, complaining of leniency to nightsoil removal contractor, and letter from P Jag. H* r 'H£ eP A£ ng tO of District I * O ffi <*r: Your committee recommend that the inspector of nuisances be again instructed to see that the provisions of the contract are rigidly carried out—that Mr. Jagger be informed it is necessary for him to.obtain the consent oi the local authorities to his carrying on an "offensive trade , '—and that a reply be sent to the District Health Officer in terms of the inspector's report, viz., that owing to a strike the service is in a very unsatisfactory condition, the men, being new to the work, being unable to pick up their runs as yet, that the carts are washed down, every morning, and although not odourless are not in such a condition as to justify a fine, that the contractor's attention has been repeatedly called to the condition of the pans and lid 3, and instructions have been recently given to have them re-tarred, and that the cleanup and steaming is not satisfactory. The Mayor said the sanitary inspector had been instructed to see that the contract was carried out in its entirety. Mr. Haines had reported to him that the work is now being done more satisfactorily. He had asked Mr. Haines to attend. Mr. C. J. Parr said his life was being made a misery about this business. If the complaints continued he would ask to have the contract terminated. The contractor should be given to understand that the service must be properly car2'ied out. Mr. McLeod asked Mr. Haines if he had not been authorised to see that the contract was properly carried out? Mr. Haines said that was the case. They were all new pans now. He received very few complaints now. Mr. McLeod: How long is it since "you visited the depot?

Mr. Haines said not since the Streets Committee went there.

Mr. Knight: Were the pans being steamed to properly cleanse them? Mr. Haines: lam not satisfied with that work, but the strike threw everything out of gear.

Mr. Parr: The District Health Officer states that the Council has been neglectful in the matter of enforcing the contract. Is that true?

Mr. Haines: That is not true. Until the pans were supplied in the time allowed by the Council we could not enforce the contract. Ponsonby is now about the on'y part of the city not supplied completely with the new pans.

Mr. Parr: Now, you think, matters have improved?— Yes.

Dr. Sharman said a lot of the complaints were of a trivial character.

The committee's recommendation was then adopted-